TWIN MOUNTAINS (LAMPASAS COUNTY)
TWIN MOUNTAINS (Lampasas County). The Twin Mountains are ten miles northwest of Lampasas in central Lampasas County (at 31°11' N, 98°16' W). The northern summit rises 160 feet above a nearby branch of School Creek at an elevation of 1,516 feet above sea level, while the other summit rises 130 feet above the stream at an elevation of 1,487 feet. The mountains stand in an area of the Grand Prairies, characterized by steeply to moderately sloping hills and shallow, stony, sandy, and clayey loams. Vegetation consists primarily of grasses and open stands of live oak, mesquite, and Ashe juniper.
Image Use Disclaimer
All copyrighted materials included within the Handbook of Texas Online are in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 related to Copyright and “Fair Use” for Non-Profit educational institutions, which permits the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to utilize copyrighted materials to further scholarship, education, and inform the public. The TSHA makes every effort to conform to the principles of fair use and to comply with copyright law.
For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Handbook of Texas Online, "Twin Mountains (Lampasas County)," accessed December 05, 2016, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rjt42.
Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.